Weather-strip for window-sashes



No. 619,657. Patented Feb. I4, 1899.

n. B.'BAUDER. WEATHER STRIP FUR WINDOW SASHES.

(Application filed Oct. 13, 1898.)

(No Model.)

U ITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

DAVID B. BAUDER, 0F ABRAMS, WISCONSIN.

WEATHER-STRIP FOR WlNDOW-SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,657, dated February 14, 1899. Application filed October 13, 1898. Serial No. 693,374. No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID B. BAUDER,a citizen of the United States, residing at Abrams, in the county of Oconto and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips for W'indow-Sashes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to spring actuated weather-strips for window-sashes; and its object is to provide an improved construction of the same whereby the weather-strip makes a tight joint with the window-frame to prevent the entrance of wind or water and to prevent rattling of the sash.

The invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a window-sash having a vertical groove in the side rail, of a weatherstrip located in said groove and projecting beyond the rail, a coiled spring located in said groove and bearing against the inner side of said strip, an angular plate or stirrup formed with a screw-hole and a slot, and the slotted portion of a length greater than the depth of the groove and having the end sharpened and driven into the rail beyond the innor edge of the groove, a headed pin secured to said strip and working in said slot, and the fastening=screw,-ashereinatter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective view, partly broken away,showing a window frame and sash constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail horizontal section of one of the side rails of the sash, showing the weather-strip and stirrup and coiled spring. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section of the same. Fig. i is a perspective View of the stirrup.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 9, formed with a screw-hole 10, and a portion 12, formed with a slot 13. The slotted por tion of the stirrup is longer than the depth of the groove and has its end sharpened, so as to form a cutting edge 14. The numeral 15 designates a headed pin secured to the weather-strip and working in the said slot, and 16 is a screw for fastening the stirrup to the sash-rail. I prefer to use two of these stirrups, one near each end and located on opposite sides of the sash-rail, and in practice the strip is located in the groove in the rail and the slotted portions of the stirrups are driven between the strip and sides of the groove in the rail,and the said slotted portions, being longer than the depth of the groove, will penetrate the rail back of the groove and be thereby held against vertical movement. The screws are then passed through the screwholes and screwed into the rail. The coiled springs will press the weather-strip against the window-frame, the guide-pins and slots enabling the strip to move in and out. A tight joint will thus be made which will effectually exclude rain, snow, and wind, will prevent rattling of the sash, and will also act as a fastener for holding the sash at any po-' sition that it may be raised by the frictional contact of the strip withthe window-frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- I The combination with a window-sash, the side rail of which is formed with a vertical groove, of the weather-strip located in said groove, the coiled springs also located in said groove and bearing against said strip, the stirrup comprising the angle-plate, one portion of which is formed with a screw-hole and the other portion witha slot, and said slotted portion being of a length greater than the depth of the groove and having its end sharpened and driven into the said rail back of the groove, the headed pin secured to said strip and the fastening-screw, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID B. BAUDER. Witnesses:

CHARLES LEAR, FRANK MOODY, Jr. 

